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ANASTASIUS H . (d. 721), See also:Roman See also:emperor in the See also:East, whose See also:original name was Artemius, was raised to the See also:throne of See also:Constantinople by the See also:voice of the See also:senate and See also:people in A.D. 713, on the deposition of See also:Philippicus, whom he had served in the capacity of secretary. The See also:empire was threatened by the See also:Saracens both by See also:land and See also:sea, and Anastasius sent an See also:army under See also:Leo the Isaurian, afterwards emperor, to defend See also:Syria; adopted See also:wise and resolute See also:measures for the See also:defence of his See also:capital; attempted to reorganize the 'discipline of the army; and equipped and despatched to See also:Rhodes a formidable See also:naval force, with orders not only to resist the approach of the enemy, but to destroy their naval stores. The troops of the Opsikian See also:province, resenting the emperor's strict measures, mutinied, slew the See also:admiral, and proclaimed See also:Theodosius, a See also:person of See also:low extraction, emperor. After a six months' See also:siege, Constantinople was taken by Theodosius; and Anastasius, who had fled to See also:Nicaea, was compelled to submit to the new emperor, and, retiring to Thessalonica, became a See also:monk (716). In 72I he headed a revolt against Leo, who had succeeded Theodosius, and receiving a considerable amount of support, laid siege to Constantinople; but the enterprise failed, and Anastasius, falling into Leo's hands, was put to See also:death by his orders.

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